Phantom Limb - Therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The use of visual feedback, in particular mirror visual feedback, in restoring brain function.

6 Jun 2009 This article reviews the potential use of visual feedback, focusing on mirror visual feedback, introduced over 15 years ago, for the treatment of many chronic neurological disorders that have long been regarded as intractable such as phantom pain, ... Read more...

[Phantom limb pain: from physiopathology to prevention]

29 Apr 2009 First described in 1545, phantom limb pain is a frequent complication after limb amputation, described by 60 to 85% of amputees. Stump pain, phantom limb sensation and phantom limb pain are often combined. Physiopathology is complex and peripheral, ... Read more...

[Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain--a systematic review]

30 Dec 2008 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review was to evaluate the evidence for the treatment of phantom limb pain with mirror therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Randomised controlled studies were identified by a systematic search strategy in the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Phantom Limb - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The use of visual feedback, in particular mirror visual feedback, in restoring brain function. 6 Jun 2009
• [Phantom limb pain: from physiopathology to prevention] 29 Apr 2009
• Clinical inquiries. What is the best way to manage phantom limb pain? 27 Feb 2009
• [Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain--a systematic review] 30 Dec 2008
• Self-delivered home-based mirror therapy for lower limb phantom pain. 30 Dec 2008
• Cryoprobe treatment: an alternative to phenol injections for painful neuromas after amputation. 29 Nov 2008
• Abnormal thalamocortical dynamics may be altered by deep brain stimulation: using magnetoencephalography to study phantom limb pain. 16 Nov 2008
• Sonographically guided phenol instillation of stump neuroma. 30 Oct 2008
• Phantom limb pain, cortical reorganization and the therapeutic effect of mental imagery. 18 Jun 2008
• The experience of phantom limb pain in patients with combat-related traumatic amputations. 30 May 2008
• Mirror visual feedback alleviates deafferentation pain, depending on qualitative aspects of the pain: a preliminary report. 5 May 2008
• Practical experience with sonographically guided phenol instillation of stump neuroma: predictors of effects, success, and outcome. 29 Apr 2008
• Reflexology treatment for patients with lower limb amputations and phantom limb pain--an exploratory pilot study. 2 Mar 2008
• Pain management in the traumatic amputee. 28 Feb 2008
• EMDR in the treatment of chronic phantom limb pain. 30 Dec 2007
• [Functional magnetic resonance imaging before motor cortex stimulation for phantom limb pain] 29 Nov 2007
• Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain. 20 Nov 2007
• Movement imagery increases pain in people with neuropathic pain following complete thoracic spinal cord injury. 15 Oct 2007
• [Mirror feed-back - a new method for the treatment of neuropathic pain] 29 Sep 2007
• The treatment of phantom limb pain using immersive virtual reality: three case studies. 28 Sep 2007

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Technical information about 'Phantom Limb'

Definition: Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with an amputated extremity will experience the impression that the limb is still present, and in many cases, painful. (From Neurol Clin 1998 Nov;16(4):919-36; Brain 1998 Sep;121(Pt 9):1603-30)

Descriptor UI: D010591

Alternative terms: Phantom Limb; Limb, Phantom; Limbs, Phantom; Phantom Limbs; Pseudomelia; Pseudomelias;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.762.700; C23.888.592.604.764.700; F01.700.750.700;